Can you PROVE that the landscaping increases rents of ability to rent? 

It establishes a base that's $40 lower, which all future rent increases are based on. 

It will actually be more difficult for your agent to procure a buyer off market - so the work actually increases. 

aim for a good house, not a cheap house as it will attract lower quality tenants and cost you more in the long run.

That profit will increase over time and improve your return. 

Any way to capitalize on this garage outside of just attracting higher rents once I move out and/or higher sales price if I decide to sell?

This could increase interest rate and or down payment.2.

They had caught some trespassers.We have continued to upgrade our security systems as capabilities have increased and costs have decreased.  

The thing that the gurus never tell anyone is that the majority of creative finance deals are done by investors who don't need creative financing, that is their leverage and why they can walk away, thereby making them more attractive then the one person who can only do the deal one way because they have no money of their own.

.- If interest rates remain high, this is further upward pressure on rents in the near-term, as the alternative to renting - buying a home with a mortgage, is expensive - this should increase demand for rentals. - Rents are also a function of supply - 2024 saw the most new construction of multifamily units in American history (nearly 575,000 estimated 2024 deliveries of new multifamily inventory), and 2025, while not a record setting year, will see deliveries top 500,000 again - a huge supply increase.